[sdiy] magsafe patch cables?

[Dan Snazelle]

my laptop has a dc  wallwart adapter...which then plugs into a dc connector.



my fear of opening the laptop up is figuring out how to open it without messing up the screen,etc.

i have already bought 2 new wallwarts so i am pretty sure it is a bad connector inside



you make it sound easy though



thanks





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> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:07:11 +1030
> From: matt at smiffytech.com
> To: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] magsafe patch cables?
>
> Quoth Dan Snazelle at 2009-03-23 11:49...
>> yes..this interests me as well as i am currently in laptop hell with a messed up ac inlet...the computer shuts down a few minutes into being on as the cord moves....Tony..did you ever find a workaround?
>
> This is a laptop which you plug directly into the mains?
>
> Probably just need to re-flow the joints of the mains socket.
>
> Laptops with external power adaptors get the same problem with the DC
> jacks - especially the smaller ones. The one on my recent-model
> ThinkPad is BIG - far less likely to get damaged by those lateral
> forces. The actual DC plugs on these tend to fail more often. Actually
> managed to repair the moulded plug on my wife's laptop - cut it open,
> soldered the wires in (which were crimped,) epoxied rubber back on,
> heat-shrink sleeving round the lot. (Lots of it, for strain relief.)
>
> By the way, for those of us who don't come into contact with Apple
> hardware (other than my eyeProd,) what's Magsafe?
>
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